Summit CP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Summit CP: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Summit CP at 320 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Summit CP against the category
That's 17.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,989 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $12/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit CP34B ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Summit CP. Royal Sovereign RMF-90 ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Summit makes 148 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 27 of 148 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ADRD15 at $48/yr, and its priciest, the S4D18WIM at $102/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Summit CP that long and it costs about $782 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Summit CP is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Summit CP is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 320 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.